Carpenters - Legends In Concert

I love this show so much I bought two.They perform Mr. Postman live which was rarely done and to see them leave the stage and walk into the crowd is a real treat.Ppl say it's dark but that is because they used a spot light.I remember going to concerts like this and seeing the person singing but you couldn't see the band most of the time.I have other dvds like this.The sound is great! I bought the 2nd dvd for my big sis who bought their records that we started listening to from day one.I was about to turn 8 and she was about to turn 19.Thanks so much to the seller for offering this special concert to Carpenters fans everywhere.Quick service & great packaging!

This was disappointing but still nice to see.The video ranged from ok to bad - sometime the picture was WAY too soft which was a shame because it's hard to get any concert footage of them. A nice sharp copy of a full concert performance would be golden. The other trouble was the length of this show - it wasn't much over 50 minutes but then concerts back than weren't much longer. The sound ranged from ok to pretty good - price was below $12 including S&H.It was nice to see a drum solo by Karen!The main reason I bought it was it's hard to get any concert footage. This meets that goal but barely.I would rate this a 7.0 to 7.5 out of 10 - recommended for anyone wanting to see some concert stuff but not much else.

Richard and Karen Carpenter needn't have ever worried about Donny & Marie stealing their crown back in the 1970's. With a dozen or so string of Top Ten singles that have gone on to become standards in American popular music, it's a feat no duo from the rock era has ever come close to accomplishing, let alone Donny & Marie. Songs like "Bless the Beasts and Children," "I Won't Last A Day Without You," "Merry Christmas Darling" and "For All We Know" to name just a mere few, are songs that Richard and Karen introduced to the world. If you love the music of The Carpenters and want to see them perform "live" then this is the DVD for you.This 1976 concert is what Carpenters fans and collectors have come to call "the Holland concert" which was actually a Dutch television special. But before you get too excited and rush to hit the purchase button you should know a few things. This is far from being a professional release. Although the picture quality is far superior to the bootleg video that has circulated among collectors since the late 80's, the copy presented here on DVD is on an amateurish level, transferred from a consumer's VCR in which we see the display counter pop up twice during the length of the concert, which runs 41:56. The picture quality, however, is not as horrible as the previous two reviewers have stated. Just don't expect a super perfect picture. Additionally, the sound is very good which is what you would want from a Carpenters concert. I was surprised. If you can handle some imperfections you should be very happy with this DVD for your collection.As for the concert itself what a show! Karen Carpenter looks gorgeous! And she's every bit the young superstar she was. Karen was as magical as she was entertaining, charming the audience with not only her beautiful and one-of-a-kind voice, but with her great sense of humor, placing her tambourine on the head of the late Doug Strawn as she was performing "Top of the World." Both she and Richard perform a good collection of their mega hits, including "Close to You" and "Superstar," but also provide us with a segment from Broadway's "Grease." This is where a lot of the fun is, with Richard riding out on a motorcycle all nerded out singing "Greased Lightning" and "Beauty School Dropout" with the guys in the band, followed by Karen coming out in a redheaded beehive wig and strutting around the stage with supersized "boobs" singing "Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee," cracking the audience up. Whomever didn't push to get Karen Carpenter for a part in the motion picture release of "Grease" a couple of years later made the biggest mistake of their career. Karen Carpenter had talent coming out of her ears.This is a wonderful trip back in time to see the Number One American music act of the 1970's. Get it.

So great to see Karen and Richard from the 1976 era. Some reviews have the year wrong. Kind of Hush and I Need to Be in Love are from that year. Anyway, poor video, fair audio taken from a video tape that does what tapes occasionally do. They warble or tracking goes off, some audio and video dropout. Anyway still great to have this in my collection. The price is about right for this type of DVD. Enjoy it anyway. I was fortunate to see them a couple of times at the Sahara Tahoe during this time. Sweet memories of that and college at CSU Chico.

LOVE,love Karen but this DVD is such a let down. Poor picture quality, too dark and the sound is horrible. Says German dolby stereo on the pull up screen but the dvd cover said 5.1. This is a must , if u like me and adore Karen n will take any quality recording of her. All in all looks like a Counterfiet recording from some schmuck in the audience. No way this was released with Richard's stamp of approval .

Carpenters - Legends In Concert ...DVD. This is a concert recorded in 1976, the video quality is not the best. It was lip synced for a foreign TV show, the sound is great and nice to see Karen again.

I bought this, watched it once and now has been put away, probably forever. The music by the carpenters is why it gets two stars. The DVD would get none if that were at all possible. Never having seen the carpenters in concert I was excited when it arrived. Then I realized its a TV special. Go to YouTube , you can watch the same thing free and it's better quality

love it, fast service, great product. A+

This DVD has original concert footage from 1976. Since it is an original historical performance, the quality of the recording is not as good as more recently recorded concert DVDs. Some of the shots are grainy and not crisp. The sound is not always as clear as modern performances. If you want to see an original performance and don't mind the grainy images, then you may enjoy this DVD. Karen's voice is very good in some of the songs. Overall, this DVD is OK, but if you want a very high quality picture and sound experience, then you may want to pass on this DVD.

どなたもレビューを書いていないので、参考になればと思い書き留めます。内容は'76年のLIVE AT THE PALLADIUMを出した時のツアーのものと思われます。私は'76年春にカーペンターズが来日した際にコンサートへ出かけましたが、内容はその前の来日時に収録したLIVE IN JAPANとほぼ同じ内容でした。後にその年の秋からイギリス公演があり、内容が一新され、オールディーズメドレーもカレンが胸とお尻に、当時のヤンキー娘よろしく詰め物をしてGREASEを中心にしたものになりました。（オリビアとトラボルタの映画はこの後製作されて'78年公開）それを知った私は、この下品なパフォーマンス（当時の音楽誌ではこう評価されていました！）を見てみたくて仕方ありませんでしたが、LIVE AT THE PALLADIUMには収録されていませんでした。しかし今、40年の時を越えて見られたことは嬉しかったですし、カレンが女性として一番美しい姿を見せ、艶っぽい歌声を聴かせてくれます。まぁよかったのはこれらの点くらいで、音はよくないし映像に至ってはダビングを相当繰り返したような、アップにならないとカレンかどうかもわからない状態です。ｗｗこの★はノスタルジーをくすぐられた★であるとご理解ください。